Housewives of amateur hula dancers group 'Obama Girls' shout 'Yes we
can!' during a rally to support US Democratic presidential hopeful Sen.
Barack Obama in Japan's city of Obama, Fukui prefecture, on May 21,
2008 after Obama declared he was 'within reach' of the nomination in
the Democratic White House race. Some 150 local residents took part in
the rally. (TORU
YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
--Michael Crowley